System and Method for Delivery of Business Information Through an Electronic Address Book

1. A method comprising: obtaining, at a computing device, information relating to a business, the information being received from a plurality of business data sources, wherein the plurality of business data sources comprises a data source controlled by the business, and wherein the information comprises a promotion provided by the data source controlled by the business and contact information for the business; determining, by the computing device, a unique identifier representing the business; storing, using the computing device, the information at a business information database with data identifying the unique identifier; formatting, by the computing device, the information as an entry for an address book, the entry comprising the contact information, data specifying the unique identifier, and the promotion; providing to a mobile device associated with a user, using the computing device, the entry for storage in an address book stored at the mobile device, wherein the unique identifier is not visible when displaying the entry at the mobile device; determining, at the computing device, that updated information associated with the business is available, the determining being based, at least partially, upon communications with the plurality of business data sources; retrieving, using the computing device, the updated information from the plurality of business data sources; storing, using the computing device, the updated information at the business information database in association with the unique identifier; receiving, at the computing device, a request for the updated information, the request specifying the unique identifier; retrieving, at the computing device, the updated information associated with the unique identifier; formatting, by the computing device, the updated information as an updated entry for the address book; transmitting, by the computing device, the updated entry to the mobile device; and determining, by the computing device, a plurality of unique identifiers representing the business, wherein each unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers relates to a respective class of customers and is associated with a respective subset of the business information, wherein the request comprises one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers that relates to the respective class of customers assigned to the user by the business, and wherein the respective subset of the business information that relates to the one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers is retrieved and transmitted to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated entry for the address book and is provided to update the contact information for the business in the address book stored at the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated information comprises an updated promotion.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data source controlled by the business comprises a website for the business.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the information is transmitted by the business to the computing device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least a portion of the information relating to the business is collected by the computing device via a user interface provided, over a network, to the business.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least a portion of the information relating to the business is received via an application programming interface provided by the computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the information relating to the business is collected from a further data source not controlled by the business.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the further data source not controlled by the business comprises an online publication and a message board.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least a portion of the information comprises a review of the business.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the updated information is available further comprises identifying information relating to the business that was updated since a previous request for updated information.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request comprises a category of information, and wherein determining that the updated information is available comprises identifying only the information relating to the business that is in the category of information.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated information comprises an updated unique identifier.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated entry causes an address book application to retrieve the business information from a plurality of address book data sources using the unique identifier.

15. A non-transitory machine readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: obtaining information relating to a business, the information being received from a plurality of business data sources, wherein the plurality of business data sources comprises a data source controlled by the business, and wherein the information comprises a promotion provided by the data source controlled by the business and contact information for the business; determining a unique identifier representing the business; storing the information at a business information database with data identifying the unique identifier; formatting the information as an entry for an address book, the entry comprising the contact information, data specifying the unique identifier, and the promotion; providing, to a mobile device, the entry for storage in an address book stored at the mobile device, wherein the unique identifier is not visible when the mobile device displays the entry; determining that updated information associated with the business is available based, at least partially, upon communication with the plurality of data sources; retrieving the updated information from the plurality of data sources; storing the updated information at the business information database in association with the unique identifier; receiving a request for an update for the information, the request specifying the unique identifier; retrieving the updated information associated with the unique identifier; formatting the updated information as an updated entry for the address book; transmitting the updated entry to the mobile device; and determining a plurality of unique identifiers representing the business, wherein each unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers relates to a respective class of customers and is associated with a respective subset of the business information, wherein the request comprises one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers that relates to the respective class of customers assigned to the user by the business, and wherein the respective subset of the business information that relates to the one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers is retrieved and transmitted to the user.

16. A computer system comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising obtaining information relating to a business, the information being received from a plurality of business data sources, wherein the plurality of business data sources comprises a data source controlled by the business, and wherein the information comprises a promotion provided by the data source controlled by the business and contact information for the business, determining a unique identifier representing the business, storing the information at a business information database with data identifying the unique identifier, formatting the information as an entry for an address book, the entry comprising the contact information, data specifying the unique identifier, and the promotion, providing, to a mobile device, the entry for storage in an address book stored at the mobile device, wherein the unique identifier is not visible when the mobile device displays the entry, determining that updated information associated with the business is available based, at least partially, upon communication with the plurality of data sources, retrieving the updated information from the plurality of data sources, storing the updated information at the business information database in association with the unique identifier, receiving a request for an update for the information, the request specifying the unique identifier, retrieving the updated information associated with the unique identifier, formatting the updated information as an updated entry for the address book, transmitting the updated entry to the mobile device, and determining a plurality of unique identifiers representing the business, wherein each unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers relates to a respective class of customers and is associated with a respective subset of the business information, wherein the request comprises one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers that relates to the respective class of customers assigned to the user by the business, and wherein the respective subset of the business information that relates to the one unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers is retrieved and transmitted to the user.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated entry for the address book comprises a plurality of views, the plurality of views comprising a first view for displaying the updated contact information, a second view for displaying the updated promotion, and a third view for displaying a review associated with the business.